Deep bite, than it is dangerous

Almost 80% of people have an incorrect bite, but most of them do not even know about it and do not know what harm the health can cause such a defect. What bite abnormalities exist? What causes the problem? How to determine a deep bite? We will try to answer all these questions in this article.

Definition of occlusion.

Bite is the ratio of the dentition with closed jaws. There are several of its classifications: removable, permanent, physiological and pathological. The latter two can only be determined after all the molars have been erupted.

The main factors contributing to the occurrence of a defect.

The main reason is genetic predisposition, i.e. The child inherits the size and shape of the dentition from his parents. Often the emerging pathologies in childhood seriously affect the health of the baby and are difficult to treat. In addition, similar problems often occur during the intrauterine period. When in the course of pregnancy a woman finds a number of infectious and viral diseases, anemia, metabolic disorders - all this adversely affects the child's bite.

After the appearance of the baby, external factors may influence the formation of its dentition: artificial feeding, trauma at the time of delivery, prolonged sucking of fingers or pacifiers, lack of fluoride and calcium, multiple caries, malnutrition or improper nutrition, disturbance of metabolic processes. At a conscious age, the cause of deformation of the jaw is the untimely replacement of the removed teeth with implants. But our medicine does not stand still, so correcting the wrong bite is possible at absolutely any age.

What kinds of abnormal bites exist?

In stomatology 5 pathologies of this phenomenon are distinguished:

· Prognathous (distal), when the upper jaw is developed or the lower jaw is underdeveloped.

• Medial (mesial). This kind of bite can be determined even visually. With such defects, the lower jaw strongly protrudes forward, and the lower incisors overlap the upper row of teeth.

· Open bite, when most teeth and lower and upper jaws do not close together. This view is divided into open side and front.

· Cross type (scissor type). In a person with such a deformity, the upper and lower teeth intersect as a scissors.

• Deep (traumatic), in the first case, the upper teeth cover the lower incisors more than half, in the second case the upper arch completely covers the lower jaw, forming a large radius. A deep bite is often called traumatic, tk. The probability of damage to the gums, tongue and mucous membrane increases. Very often such a defect is combined with a cross, prognathic or prognosis.

What threatens a deep bite?

Such people may suffer from periodontitis, because of this anomaly, deformity of the lower part of the face appears, unethical folds are formed in the area of the lower lip and corners of the mouth. The functioning of the chewing muscles is broken, an unpleasant crunch in the jaw, an inflammation of the temporomandibular joint may appear. Since the load is placed on individual teeth, there may be increased sensitivity and erasure of the enamel.

Diagnose deep bite by similar principles, as well as other defects of the jaw. The sooner the treatment is started, the more effective and easier it will be. Correction of deep bite is recommended to be done even in adulthood, in order to avoid injury to the oral cavity, as well as remove asymmetry of the face and defect of the jaw. Often, a hardware treatment is used that gives a good result.